Railway-car.



H. PEARSON.

RAILWAY CAR.

APPL'IGATIOIE rxLnn AUG. 16. 1911.

Patented Nov. 11, 1913.

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ATTORNEY.

HENRY PEARSON, 0F SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

RAILWAY-CAR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 1 1 1913.

Application filed August 16, 1911. Serial No. 844398.

7 all LU/(07H, it may rmwern Iie it known that I. HENRY Pmnstm, a t-itizen ot the United States of Amerida, and re ident of Springfield. in the county of llan pden and State of ltlaeasaehusetts, have invented ee-rtain new and useful Improvements in Railway-( am, of which the t'ollovvin; is a full, elem, and exaet deseription.

'lhin invention relates to the eonstru rtion-ot' railway rar in vvhieh the Ride \valle thereof are eonipased of sheet steel or iron.

An objeet'oi this invention is t provide metallic ear side forming eeetionc, vvhieh have vvindovv openingi therein, and \vhieh are roinhined with and ((nm rted to the posts forming the side of the training of th ear body. all made as units. to the end of the praetieability of eon.--trnetion of Fulfill units and of their being quiekly. and in a stable manner. applied in ronihination one with another. and with the sill and upper longitudinal plate or beam of the ear body. and whereby the side of the ear will have. a very neat taetetnl and nightlyappear ance, and will be devoid of overlapped joints or seams suggestive of boiler plate (onstrut-tion. I k

Another obje i-t is to so eonstrntt the seetional units, comprising the sheet metal plates having window openings therein that suitably bent and integral portions of such plate seetions constitute eertain necessary window easingfequipinents. And under the exerrise of the invention extreme simplicity and eeonoiny of eoinitrut-tion are attained.

The invention is desrrihed in eonjnnetion with the areoin ianying drawings and set forth in the t-laime.

In the tlrmving. '1*ignre 1 is a side eh vation of a poi-tit ot' a railway Par eo1nprising my lllll)l'()\t]l'ltllli-'. Fig. 2 is a vertiral Fttiitm on a la 'ger eeale on line l -J. Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a horizontal Re tion on a larger seale talten on line 3--3r Fig. 1. Fi-=' l in a horizontal seetion on line 1 Fug. 1. Fig". 5 is a perspective view of one f the sectional metallie unite, a plurality of Whi h form the side Htl'lltlltlt ot the ear hody Figs. ti and T are horizontal t*l relrtit'nial views on an enlarged :-l t!lt of features of (:on trnetion hereinatter referred to. i

I will first desrrihe the ear side forming: units and thereafter indicate the manner of their combination one With the other and with the sill and upper heam, stringer or plate of the ear body.

Ennh unit eomprises a sheet. metal plate section A of reetangnh'ir form of dimension vertically to extend from the sill to the upper portion of the ear and, hor' ,outally of but a fi'aetion oi the length of the taller.

lfiaeh sheet metal plate section hatit \(ll'ir dow opening or openings B therein and their opposite vertieal edge portiom are inwardly turned to form angular ian zea a a so that those of the one plate sertion may be adjoined to those of titlfiti'i'lh plate sections and secured by rivets or any equivalent fastenings.

The plate se tions at the lower margin of eaeh Window optming are :-li, htly outviardly turned. as shown at it and then iuvvaiw ly return bent and approximately horizon-- tally extended to form a atrene thenii rib eons'titntin a Window tell. the inur r alga portion of ewh integral i'ih and Window sill tornnin; portion hein; vertieally or upivardly exteiidedto provide a reinlorz-ing port-ion forming a horirmnial window stop f at the bottom of the vrindou easing.

D I) represent posts adjoining the inner side of the plate se tiona adjacent the vertical margins of the ,loiv openingi, and they have flanges f] Whit-h are paral lel with the vertieal plane of the side of the ear; and portions h of the plate sections at the vertieal margins of th window open ineu are inwardly return hentaround and engaged with the said flange. 7 r of the posts to form in eonjunetiou with sueh flanges of the posts \ertieal -window stops, while the vertical fares. of the posts at. the opposite boundaries of the windeu openings form the 'tilttti-HW vii-sings or guides.

The upper edge portion of enrh metal plate eertion It is formed with a enhatau tially horizontally turned fiai e as? shown in Figs. 2 a d. 5.

in the buihling of the ear the tin r 1 time ha i f been made the unitioiup ised of the Pln k; sections made as d nerilw'l and the its ll D connected therewith at am adjarent the verti al marginfa ot the window hv rivets or tillltlWVNQ on the outer far fl ii gle bars Z, as indicated in Fig. 6, may be advantageously used for strengthening the connection and stiflening the structure at the vertical seams. The plate beams or top stringers G may be now brought to place receiving riveting connection therewith of the aforementioned flanges i of the plate sections A and with the tops of the posts I) l), as shown in Fig. 2. As manifest, as many of these units are to be employed as necessary and according to the length of the car; and at each end the car is made with a plate section A understood as hav in the car end door opening B therein which extends from the bottom nearly but not entirely to the top end wali forming plate section. The said car end plate sec tion has its vertical edge portions made with inturned flanges 'mfor connection with the curved thin metal corner posts H H, the edges of which are correspondingly flanged for abutment against. the flanges m of the car end plate section and also inturned anges a of the car side plate sections A. The hook-like flanges 12 on the vertical side edges of car side plate sections A, which have w 'apping engagement around the flanges of the posts D, may be secured to such flanges by any means desired, as, for instance. by brazing or welding by processes known to be practicable for such operations, or they may be secured by mechanical fastcnings.

In the example of the units for forming the sides of the car body here illustrated, nm llion windows are. shown, in which case, as represented in I igs. 2 and 3, post-like bars 1%, U-shaped in cross section and having outwardly turned flanges, similar to the posts I but of smaller cross sectional dimension, are employed, around the flanges of which the marginal portions of the sheet metal which, is comprised as an integral part 1 of the plate section A and which forms the divided window openings, are wra p pod.

The plate sections A instead of being adjoined at their vertical edges by the connection one with the other of the inwardly turned flanges (a a may be simply butt joined sh wn in Fig. 7 and connected and retained in plane with each other by the internally applied vertical metal plates or thin bars u secured by rivets o as shown in Fig. 7.

1 claim 1. in a railway car body, in combination, metal plate sections adapted to form the car side wall and having window openings therein, posts adjoining the inner sid s of the plate sections adjacent the vertical margins of the window openings, said posts havingflanges parallel with the plane of the side of the car, the vertical margins of the window openings being inwardly return bent around said flanges to form, in conjunction with said flanged osts window stops, and said plate sections having their portion at the lower borders of the window openings inwardly bent and marginally upturned to form strengthening ribs.

2. In a railway car body, in combination, metal plate sections to form the car side wall having window openings therein, having their opposite vertical edges adjoined and united, and posts adjoining the inner side of the plate sections adjacent the vertical margins of the window openi gs and having vertically extending flanges parallel with the plane of the side of the car,- the portions of the plate sections at the ve tical margins of the window openings being inwardly return bent around said flanges to form window stops while the transverse faces of the posts form window guides.

3. In a railway car body, in combination, the sill and upper longitudinal plate beam, metal plate sections to form the car side wall having Window openings therein, having their opposed vertical edges adjoined and united, and posts adjoining the inner sides of the plate sections adjacent the verti -al margins of the window openings and having flanges parallel with the plane of the side of the car,the portions of the plate sections at the, vertical margins of the. window openings being inwardly return bent around said flanges to form, in conjun tion with such flanged posts, window stops, and said plate sections having their portions at the lower borders of the window openings inwardly bent and marginally upturned to form strengthening ribs, and having their upper edges angularly turned to form flanges, adjoined and fastened to the plate beam, while the. lower portions adjoin the outer side of the car sill and are fastened thereto.

Signed by me at Springfield, Mass., in presence of 'wo subscribing witnesses.

HENRY PEARSON.

\Vitnesses:

\Viu. S. BuLLows, G. R. DRISGOLL. 

